While working on a documentary about the city of Bruges, an artistically frustrated filmmaker must deal with the increasing difficulties in his marriage. Read More »
Daily Archives: October 18, 2018
La nuit claire (1979) Marcel Hanoun, Lorraine Bonnemaison, Gérard Rouzier, Florence Rousseau
In a montage alternating with moments of Nigel Rogers’ interpretation of the most beautiful passages from “Orpheus,” the opera by Striggio and Monteverdi Read More »
Criss Cross (1949) Robert Siodmak, Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea
Romantic, obsessive Steve Thompson is drawn back to L.A. to make another try for Anna, his former wife. Read More »
A Womans Devotion (1956) Paul Henreid, Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule
After six months of marriage to Trevor Stevenson (Ralph Meeker), well-known painter and much-decorated hero of World War Two Read More »
Smashing Time (1967) Desmond Davis, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York
Two young women from England’s northern counties; the plain Brenda and the flamboyant Yvonne, arrive in London to find fame and fortune. Read More »
Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project (2010) Kornél Mundruczó, Rudolf Frecska, Lili Monori
A boy returns home from the institution where he grew up, but finds he is not welcome there. Read More »
Mammy (1930) Michael Curtiz, Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Lowell Sherman
Center stage, singing his heart out – that’s how fans love Al Jolson. And that’s what they get in Mammy. Read More »
Sieranevada (2016) Cristi Puiu, Mimi Branescu, Judith State, Bogdan Dumitrache
Three days after the terrorist attack on the offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo and forty days after the death of his father Read More »
A Soldiers Plaything (1930) Michael Curtiz, Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Lotti Loder
At the beginning of the war, Georgie Wilson, an irresponsible but likable citizen having no sympathy with the conflict Read More »
Anna M. (2007) Michel Spinosa, Isabelle Carré, Gaëlle Bona, Geneviève Mnich
In the grips of delirious illusion, Anna, a young, gentle and shy young woman convinces herself that Doctor Zanevsky is fervently in love with her. Read More »